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Penny Dreadful. The ultra-budget, thousands-of-cards Magic Online brewer's paradise with powerful cards, six free weekly tournaments, free 24/7 league, prizes, quarterly rotations, and a super friendly community.

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How do I get started with Magic Online?

Check out the guide to Magic Online.
Which cards are legal?

Card legality is set quarterly based on which cards are 2¢ or less at that time.
The best way to search legal cards is with Scryfall.

You can view the full legal cards list.
How do I find or brew a decklist?

Minimum 60 cards. Any number of basic lands. Max four of any other legal card. Sideboard of up to fifteen cards.

The best way to build decks is to use a search engine that supports Penny Dreadful legality (f:pd) like Scryfall.

Browse Decklists from tournaments, leagues and elsewhere

View the full legal cards list
How do I get a game and find other Penny Dreadful players?

To get a match in Magic Online go to Constructed, Specialty, Freeform Tournament Practice on Magic Online and create a Freeform game with "Penny Dreadful" in the comments.

To find the Penny Dreadful community join the Discord.
How do I enter the league?

Leagues last for roughly a month. You may enter any number of times but only one deck at a time.

You play five matches per run. You can join the league at any time.

To find a game sign up and then create a game in Constructed, Specialty, Freeform Tournament Practice with "Penny Dreadful League" as the comment.

Top 8 finishers on each month's league leaderboard win credit with Cardhoarder.

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How do I enter a tournament?

We have six free-to-enter weekly tournaments with prizes from Cardhoarder.

They are hosted on Gatherling along with a lot of other player-run Magic Online events.

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What happens if a card goes above 2¢? How does rotation work? When is the next rotation? How long are cards legal for?

Legality is determined a week after the release of a Standard-legal set on Magic Online.

Prices are checked every hour for a week. Anything 2¢ or less for half or more of all checks is legal for the season.

Any version of a card on the legal cards list is legal.

The next rotation is in 3 hours.

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Congratulations to chickeninthebrain, winner of The Penny Dreadful 500 (Season 32)

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	1223	2307–1954	54.1	9	110	52
Artifact Aggro	227	456–356	56.2	0	11	14
Affinity	167	341–259	56.8	0	7	11

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	57–67	46.0
Mono Black Aggro	3–3	50.0
Heroic	4–10	28.6
Mono White Heroic	1–3	25.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–6	25.0
Boros Heroic	1–1	50.0
Red Deck Wins	12–15	44.4
Goblins	1–2	33.3
Tokens	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	7–12	36.8
White Weenie	5–7	41.7
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–0	100.0
Soldiers	0–2	0.0
Elves	2–0	100.0
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	8–7	53.3
Affinity	4–4	50.0
Tempered Steel	3–3	50.0
Mono Blue Architect	1–0	100.0
Madness	5–1	83.3
Rakdos Madness	4–1	80.0
Jund Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	1–4	20.0
Hexproof	1–2	33.3
Equipment Aggro	0–1	0.0
Hateful Auras	0–1	0.0
Naya Zoo	0–1	0.0
Knights	2–3	40.0
AggroSlide	1–2	33.3
Humans	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Humans	1–0	100.0
Combo	47–42	52.8
Storm	3–0	100.0
Grixis Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–3	25.0
Warp World	5–1	83.3
Maniac Combo	0–3	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	2–0	100.0
Upheaval Colossus	2–0	100.0
Seismic Swans	0–1	0.0
Eggs	2–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	18–8	69.2
Soulflayer	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	2–21	8.7
Oops All Spells	2–21	8.7
Oops All Lands	1–0	100.0
Dredge	2–0	100.0
Polymorph	0–1	0.0
Dice Factory	3–0	100.0
Storm Herald	1–2	33.3
Enduring Ideal	1–0	100.0
GreenTwin	1–1	50.0
Calibrated Blast	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	1–0	100.0
Control	43–24	64.2
Esper Control	2–0	100.0
Demonic Rising	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Control	1–1	50.0
Dimir Control	7–3	70.0
Azorius Control	11–9	55.0
Cawblade	1–3	25.0
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Mardu Control	0–1	0.0
Mill	4–0	100.0
Boros Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	3–0	100.0
Blackpost	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	3–0	100.0
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Ponza	5–3	62.5
Mono White Control	1–1	50.0
Life is Ez	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	0–5	0.0
Astral Slide	0–5	0.0
Seasons Past Control	3–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	36–51	41.4
Aristocrats	8–7	53.3
Mono Black Aristocrats	4–0	100.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Food	3–3	50.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Boros Bombardment	0–1	0.0
Burn	3–5	37.5
Infect	1–5	16.7
Simic Infect	1–3	25.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	0–2	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–2	33.3
Izzet Dreadnought	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–3	25.0
Hushnought	7–12	36.8
Liquimetal Fishing	5–7	41.7
Combo Goblins	7–9	43.8
Goblin Persist	7–9	43.8
Aggro-Control	36–20	64.3
Izzet Tempo	14–5	73.7
Azorius Skies	1–5	16.7
Blue Madness	3–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Temur Madness	1–0	100.0
Grixis Madness	1–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	1–2	33.3
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Tempo	4–2	66.7
Dimir Tempo	5–3	62.5
Ensoul Aggro-Control	3–0	100.0
Combo-Control	47–22	68.1
Curses	3–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	2–0	100.0
Pickles	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	7–3	70.0
Hive Mind	3–1	75.0
Plasma Swans	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	30–17	63.8
Wildfire	9–4	69.2
Thryx-Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Control	21–13	61.8
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	16–9	64.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	2–1	66.7
Jund Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	3–1	75.0
Resurgent Belief	1–0	100.0
Midrange	48–18	72.7
Temur Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	3–1	75.0
Blink	9–3	75.0
Graveyard Value	7–2	77.8
Séance	2–1	66.7
Varolz Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Allies	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Allies	0–1	0.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–2	50.0
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Devotion	2–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	2–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	2–0	100.0
Martyr's Grace	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	4–1	80.0
Jeskai Midrange	2–1	66.7
Ordealbreak	2–0	100.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	2–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	4–4	50.0
Hero of Precinct One	3–0	100.0
Orzhov Hero	3–0	100.0
Coinflip Tribal	1–0	100.0
Ramp	27–15	64.3
Rofellos Ramp	5–6	45.5
Cloudpost Ramp	15–6	71.4
Greenpost	6–4	60.0
Gruul Post	8–2	80.0
Simic Post	1–0	100.0
Applejacks	2–1	66.7